Hospitals who participateded in the two study cohorts of COIIN (the Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network) gathered at a Learning Congress in Dallas August 7-8. The Learning Congress allowed all participants to showcase and further discuss key practices and...

The Data Services portal, accessible through UNet, allows you to securely access, view and download multiple types of data reports and analytical tools related to your institution or transplantation in the U.S. overall. Every other month, we will highlight one of the...

Research has shown that since the implementation of the kidney allocation system (KAS), candidates listed as eligible for non-A1/non-A1B to B transplantation have been transplanted at a rate three times faster than that of type B candidates not listed as eligible for...

The Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network (COIIN) has involved 58 kidney transplant programs across the country in developing, sharing and implementing effective practices to increase utilization and maximize outcomes for higher KDPI donor kidneys....

As of October 1, the COIIN (Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network) project transitioned from the first group of participating transplant centers to the second cohort. The new group of participants will refine and build upon approaches developed during the...

Recent improvements in national kidney transplant policy have evened the rates at which African-American, Hispanic and Caucasian transplant candidates receive kidneys from deceased donors, according to data from United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). UNOS serves as...